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2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League
...The 2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 51st in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and is the first year the competition has two divisions, having merged with the Kent Invicta Football League.[1]
Premier Division
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Ashford United |
Promoted | Ashford United |
Relegated | Fisher Erith & Belvedere |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,352 (3.56 per match) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season Southern Counties East Football League along with three new clubs:
- Bearsted, promoted as winners of the Kent Invicta League
- Sheppey United, promoted as runners-up in the Kent Invicta League
- Whitstable Town, relegated from the Isthmian League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ashford United | 38 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 119 | 39 | +80 | 92 | Promoted to the Isthmian League South Division |
2 | Crowborough Athletic | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 96 | 36 | +60 | 90 | |
3 | Sevenoaks Town | 38 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 90 | 35 | +55 | 84 | |
4 | Cray Valley Paper Mills | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 91 | 57 | +34 | 75 | |
5 | Whitstable Town | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 82 | 51 | +31 | 69 | |
6 | Sheppey United | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 68 | |
7 | AFC Croydon Athletic | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 75 | 62 | +13 | 65 | |
8 | Hollands & Blair | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 62 | |
9 | Canterbury City | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 58 | |
10 | Corinthian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 52 | |
11 | Croydon | 38 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 66 | 83 | −17 | 48 | |
12 | Bearsted | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 47 | |
13 | Deal Town | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 66 | 74 | −8 | 46 | |
14 | Rochester United | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 47 | 79 | −32 | 37 | |
15 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 37 | |
16 | Lordswood | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 54 | 101 | −47 | 34 | |
17 | Erith Town | 38 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 50 | 116 | −66 | 31 | |
18 | Beckenham Town | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 29 | |
19 | Fisher | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 50 | 86 | −36 | 28 | Relegated to Division One |
20 | Erith & Belvedere | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 47 | 94 | −47 | 26 |
Source: SCEFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:[2]
- Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
- Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
- Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
- Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following eight teams achieved criterion one:[3]
- AFC Croydon Athletic
- Ashford United (missed application deadline but successfully appealed)[4]
- Corinthian
- Crowborough Athletic
- Hollands & Blair
- Sevenoaks Town
- Sheppey United
- Whitstable Town